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Unity Walk Draws Hundreds To The Texas A&M Campus

A Unity Walk led by Texas A&M University student athletes drew an estimated 350 or so attendees Thursday evening to the campus.

students gather to demonstrate on Rudder plaza

A Unity Walk led by Texas A&M University student athletes drew an estimated 350 or so attendees Thursday evening to the campus.

Set up by student athletes on campus, the Unity Walk was planned to, “bring awareness to the inequality that persists in our country.”

Folks who wanted to participate met at the 12th Man statue by Kyle Field.

Masks were required to participate.

Student athletes who organized the event passed out t-shirts and made a few remarks about the state of the world and their hopes for its future.

Then, attendees were asked to kneel for a moment of silence lasting 8 minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd and the amount of time a Minnesota police officer leaned on his neck.

The walk started at 6:45 p.m. and ended at around 8:30 p.m.

The group of student athletes, which included those on the Student Athletic Advisory Committee, organized the peaceful event that started and ended at the 12th Man statue outside Kyle Filed.

Several black students shared stories about racism experienced over their lifetimes and made pleas for such intolerance to end. They also encouraged all in attendance to exercise their right to vote; an official from Brazos County was on hand to answer questions and register voters.

Coaches and non-athletes also took part in the walk that included a diverse crowd from the Aggie community.

C.C. Creations is now also releasing the T-shirts that A&M student athletes, coaches, and supporters wore during their Unity Walk on Thursday, in support of the elimination of racial discrimination and hate. All proceeds will go to the Matthew Gaines Initiative at Texas A&M University.